Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

David Arthur Yost

39Patents
15h-index
53Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 24, 1986 → Apr 28, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5358691A Automated continuous and random access analytical system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 247 Expired
US5482861A Automated continuous and random access analytical system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Expired
US5451528A Methods for providing homogeneous reagents Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US5635364A Assay verification control for an automated analytical system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US5610069A Apparatus and method for washing clinical apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US7386529B2 System and method for managing content with event driven actions to facilitate workflow and other features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US5376313A Injection molding a plastic assay cuvette having low birefringence Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US4954452A Non-metal colloidal particle immunoassay Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5578494A Cap actuator for opening and closing a container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US7289973B2 Graphical user interface for system and method for managing content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US7386532B2 System and method for managing versions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5762878A Sample container segment assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5316304A Wire faced golf putter Human Necessities 21 Expired
US5037738A Simultaneous assay for glucose and urea Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US8276099B2 System of GUI text cursor, caret, and selection Physics 17 Active
US5575978A Sample container segment assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7386530B2 System and method for managing content including addressability features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7386531B2 System and method for managing content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US4704365A Composition and method for stabilization of dinucleotides Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7169275B2 Method for separating particles in free flow electrophoresis Physics 4 Expired
US11074403B1 Computer system that can make a first spreadsheet cell behave similarly to a second cell by indirection through a “ditto” function Physics 3 Active
US5158873A Method and reagent for determining LD-1 isoenzyme Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US9747216B2 Computer processor employing byte-addressable dedicated memory for operand storage Physics 2 Active
US5141853A Determination of ammonia levels in a sample Physics 1 Expired
US9680905B2 System for intelligible audio conversation over unreliable digital transmission media Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.